Magnificat May 2002
The Miracle of Christian Love: Elisabeth Arrighi and Felix Leseur
Mary Help of Christians, by Father Alphonse Gratry
Devotion to the Holy Spirit — Bl. Mary of Jesus Crucified
Saint Philip Neri and Frequent Communion, by Msgr. de Segur
TABLE OF CONTENTS (24 pages)
The Miracle of Christian Love: Elisabeth Arrighi and Felix Leseur .....Page 95
— Story of Elizabeth Arrighi and Felix Leseur, wed in 1889. Intense “tug of war” between a husband determined to make his wife lose her Faith, and a wife even more determined to bring her husband back to it. Elizabeth’s spiritual program: Pray, Act, Suffer. Totally surprising outcome!...
— First trials — Journalist and administrator — Felix' evolution; Elizabeth's religious crisis — Sad victory — The ascending life — Prayer and penance — The wife; devotion to duty — Esteem for suffering — The Communion of Saints — Illness; parting — Message from beyond the grave — The war — The pathways of grace — The novitiate — Monk and priest — Last years
Mary Help of Christians, by Father Alphonse Gratry .....115
Devotion to the Holy Spirit .....116
— Bl. Mary of Jesus Crucified
Saint Philip Neri and Frequent Communion, by Msgr. de Segur .....118